Hi All
Just thought I would share my excitement at ordering my 1st 3XS system
Top Headline Set Up (won't bore you with the non essentials!)
Case: Silverstone TJ09B-W Black Aluminium Full Tower Case inc Side Window
CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66GHz 4.8GT s QPI 8MB Cache Retail
CPU Coolers: Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme 120mm Heat Sink Fan
Overclocking: 3XS System Core-Logic Overclocking*10 - 20%*
Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8-8-8-24
NVIDIA Graphics - Multi GPU SLI Options Available: 1GB XFX GTX 285 Black 690MHz GPU 240 Cores 2600MHz GDDR3, 2 selected
Power Supply Unit: 1000W Corsair HX Series Modular (Dual Graphics Cards SLI Crossfire)
System Drives: 1000 GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200 rpm 32MB Cache
Solid State Drives: 120GB OCZ Core Series V2 SSD (Read 170MB s Write 98MB s)
Floppy Drive Flash Card Readers & Writers: Scan Black Floppy Disk & Internal Combo All in 1 Card Reader
DVD Writer: Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±R 12x DVD±DL DVD+RW x8 -RW x6
Blu Ray Reader Writer: LG GGC-H20L - Super Multi DVD Writer & Blu-Ray + HD-ROM Reader
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional - PCI-E (x1)
Case Cooling Fans: 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan Ultra Quiet and Long life with NO LEDs
Lighting Effects: Sharkoon 4" Blue CCFL 2in1 Kit, 2 selected
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64Bit
TFT Monitor: 27" Dell 2709W UltraSharp Widescreen LCD 1920x1200 3000:1
My question - am I better keeping to the SSD 120GB (fast & quiet but shorter lifespan) or swapping this for a 300GB Raptor (bigger, still fast, longer shelf life) - I've heard that these can be v. noisy though?
I wouldn't want my OS on the SSD but if I went for the Raptor I could put it on there - comments welcome?
PS - thanks Philipp for sorting out the monitor switch
Can't wait to get - hopefully before Easter - so can spend 4 solid days giving it a good work out![]()